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Health Tips / Children's Development & Adult Stress

In a British study the psychological health of over 9,000 British adults born in 1958 until age 42 years were evaluated. Birth weight and growth in childhood was measured and factors such as the father's social class and maternal smoking were accounted for. The study reported that people who had a higher birth weight and a faster weight gain from birth to 7 years old had a lower level of psychological distress into middle age.